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My apologies if this appears twice. The first posting appears to have bounced.
The Series 3 has: 2 cable HD tuners (cablecard), 2 OTA HD tuners and
2 SD cable tuners. I am sure TiVo was tired of being beat over the
head with the "only 1 recording at a time? My D*, E* or cable DVR
can record two things at once!" issue.
There is at least one very reputable person on tivocommunity.com
(megazone) who has had an early release of the S3 and was happy with
the estimated recording time. That means, to me, that the S3 can
record *about* 32 hours of HD, depending on the bit rate of the source
material.
Jeff
On 9/12/06, Robert Wade Brown <
[email protected]> wrote:
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> 9/12/2006 11:06am ct
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> No. It needs about twice that, and they should know it;
> plus I think they need at least 4 HD tuners.
> Does anyone know why they have 6 tuners?
>
> At 10:44 PM 9/12/2006, you wrote:
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> >That would work for many. Remember, we're talking DVR here, not
> >Media Server. So even adding a single extra 300GB drive would double
> >the stored program time to 64 hours. And although it would be
> >expensive, if they came out with a 5-bay external RAID solution it
> >could provide up to 2.5TB of storage, assuming 500GB drives. So
> >based on their 32-hours-in-300-GB claim, that would store 267 hours of HD.
> >
> >Believe it or not, I am not a TiVo owner (yet). So is 267 hours of
> >HD recording enough for you DVR fans out there?
> >
> >Shane Sturgeon
> >Publisher, HDTV Magazine
> >Cell: (937) 532-8135
> >www.hdtvmagazine.com
> >
> >
> >
> >Jordan Meschkow wrote:
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> >>Shane,
> >>
> >>Funny you picked up/mentioned the E-SATA feature. I just read an article
> >>that in 12-18 months terabyte storage desktops will be common. My PC wound
> >>up with 3 SATA 2 drives totaling 910 GB, but before you think that's big, I
> >>use a 250 MB WD SATA 2 disk to feed shared DVD video files around the house
> >>for PowerDVD play. It has 37 titles currently in 153 GB, but once had 58
> >>and was full. That means less than 240 in a terabyte unit, and each HD
> >>video is 4-8x the size of a DVD directory. Storage size is hot now.
> >>
> >>Jordan Meschkow
> >>
[email protected]
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
> >>Shane Sturgeon
> >>Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 2:35 PM
> >>To: HDTV Magazine
> >>Subject: Re: New TiVo Series3 promotion
> >>
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> >>Correct. I was just responding to Jack's question: "Why wouldn't
> >>TiVo want to come up with a box that
> >>would be compatible with satellite service?" ... the answer is:
> >>They did, the HR10-250.
> >>
> >>I am assuming also that the 32-hour HD storage quoted by the new
> >>Series3 TiVo is for MPEG-4 compression ... as a 300GB hard drive
> >>would only fit about 16 hours of MPEG-2 (if I've done my math
> >>correctly). So your mileage may vary with that figure.
> >>
> >>I think the most exciting thing about this new device is the E-SATA
> >>connector on the back, which (presumably) will be to allow arrays
> >>of external storage drives at some point in the future.
> >>
> >>Shane Sturgeon
> >>Publisher, HDTV Magazine
> >>Cell: (937) 532-8135
> >>www.hdtvmagazine.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Bruce McDermott wrote:
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> >>>Yes, but that one will not work with the new MPEG-4 birds, correct?
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> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf
> >>>Of Shane Sturgeon
> >>>Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 2:26 PM
> >>>To: HDTV Magazine
> >>>Subject: Re: New TiVo Series3 promotion
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> >>>DirecTV signed a three year extension to that deal with TiVo.
> >>>
> >>>I don't have any facts about their decision to abandon satellite this
> >>>time around either, but my supposition is that the satellite companies
> >>>control their transmission scheme, and since they are each working on
> >>>their own boxes ... no need for TiVo. Why would the Sat companies give
> >>>a slice of the pie to TiVo if they didn't have to?
> >>>
> >>>I assume you all know that TiVo did release an HD DVR with DirecTV a few
> >>>years ago: the HR10-250.
> >>>
> >>>Shane Sturgeon
> >>>Publisher, HDTV Magazine
> >>>Cell: (937) 532-8135
> >>>www.hdtvmagazine.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Jeff Odell wrote:
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> >>>>Just as a guess:
> >>>>
> >>>>1) Control of the platform. I would bet that DirecTV dictates
> >>>>the features allowed in "their" receiver.
> >>>>2) The soon to be expiring (end of 2007?) Tivo / DirecTV contract.
> >>>>3) The number of cable customers compared to satellite customers
> >>>>as you surmise.
> >>>>
> >>>>I have no facts to support any of my suppositions above but they all
> >>>>*seem* likely.
> >>>>
> >>>>Jeff
> >>>>
> >>>>On 9/12/06, Jack <
[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>>>Just wondering. Why wouldn't TIVO want to come up with a box
> >>>>>that would be compatible with sattelite service? I know there are far more
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>cable users than sattelite....is that it?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Jack
> >>>>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>>>From: "Shane Sturgeon" <
[email protected]>
> >>>>>To: "HDTV Magazine" <
[email protected]>
> >>>>>Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 11:13 AM
> >>>>>Subject: New TiVo Series3 promotion
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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> >>>>>>Hi All,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Forgive the advertisement please ... but we're running a promotion
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>with
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>TiVo this month for their new Series3 HD DVR. A brief feature list:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>- THX certification
> >>>>>>- Dual tuner (cablecard & ATSC)
> >>>>>>- 300 hours of standard recording time or up to 32 in HD
> >>>>>>- Advanced TiVo broadband features, including digital photos,
> >>>>>>Internet radio, podcasts, and more
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>If you are interested in purchasing one, you can help out the
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>magazine by
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>using the following link:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-1683082-10440996
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>We also just posted a bulletin outlining some of the features:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/news/2006/09/tivo_debuts_series3_high_def
> >>>>>inition_digital_media_recorder.php
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Please feel free to forward this to anyone else who might be
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>interested.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Thanks,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Shane Sturgeon
> >>>>>>Publisher, HDTV Magazine
> >>>>>>Cell: (937) 532-8135
> >>>>>>www.hdtvmagazine.com
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